Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@jeffjohnson6377 says : I might be a lil particular to detail. Does it seem like that opening sequence has specific camera angles and the trees are slightly leaning right? Change that angle and it's almost like driving on flat ground. Let me know if I'm wrong>> <<@qinby1182 says : tesla delivered semis to pepsi co in 2022>> <<@qinby1182 says : YOU ARE REALLY AN EMBARRASSMENT TO HUMANI 76Y BY YOUR CLICK BAIT LYING SHIT We do know from the tesla semi's in commercial use by among them pepsi and what they have to say they buy more....>> <<@Balzdeepinurmama says : They’ve produced something like 200 trucks and just got an order for like 350 more. This is due for an update if possible. Is it still a failure? I’ve read that it’s actually more efficient than they had originally thought it would be.>> <<@hckie says : Its 2026 and they apparently finally start shipping the first 50 units this year. As of 2025 Volvo has delivered over 5000 electric trucks. Ticket price for Tesla semis is apparently way cheaper and hauling capacity seems to be the same for both.>> <<@Roj0307 says : Perhaps this vid must have been sponsored by fossil fuel industry.. it has aged badly. -Tesla truck is the real deal, ask DHL. -Ice vehicles are 80 times more likely than EV fires. - unsupervised full self driving on Tesla is also very real and safer than you or I (I have one) I miss the creationist debunking videos!>> <<@shanem4545 says : It’s May 2026… We are still waiting lol>> <<@robb233 says : Tesla Semi's just entered high production volume. (Sorry Thunderf00t, wrong again). For fun I asked Chat-gpt to critique light bulbs in the style of Thunderf00t Its uncanny (and equally useless) : 💡 “Light Bulbs: A Complete Engineering Disaster” Oh dear. So apparently we’re now meant to believe that this “electric light bulb” is going to replace perfectly functional technologies like candles and gas lamps. Yes. Really. Let’s start with some basic physics—because, unlike the hype merchants, we actually care about reality. A candle converts chemical energy directly into light and heat. Simple. Elegant. No infrastructure required. But this “light bulb”? Oh no. Now you need: a generator miles of copper wiring voltage regulation glass vacuum enclosures All just to glow a tiny filament. Brilliant. 🔋 Energy efficiency? Don’t make me laugh. Incandescent bulbs waste most of their energy as heat. Let me repeat that: The majority of the input energy is not light. So we’ve taken a simple, self-contained lighting system and replaced it with a massively complex network… to produce worse efficiency. This is progress? ⚖ Infrastructure insanity Candles: portable cheap work anywhere Light bulbs: require a centralized grid fail instantly without power need constant maintenance of generators and wiring So unless you plan to string copper cables across entire cities (at enormous cost), this idea collapses immediately. 💰 The economics don’t work Let’s think about this for more than five seconds. You’re proposing: power plants transmission lines distribution systems …to replace a stick of wax. Even if the bulb itself were free (it isn’t), the system cost is astronomical. 🔥 Reliability and fragility Candles: can be relit tolerate rough handling Light bulbs: fragile glass filament burnout complete dependence on a continuous power supply One fault anywhere in the system—and you’re back in the dark. 🎯 The obvious conclusion What we have here is a technology that: is less efficient more complex vastly more expensive dependent on massive infrastructure …and we’re told this is the future of lighting? No. This is a classic case of people being dazzled by a flashy demonstration and ignoring the fundamental engineering realities. 🧠 Final thought If you actually run the numbers—and not just wave your hands about “innovation”—you quickly realize: The electric light bulb is a niche curiosity at best, and completely impractical as a general lighting solution. But hey—don’t let physics get in the way of a good story.>> <<@NightfallShadow says : 2026 and I still have never seen a single Tesla Semi. Seen lots of those stupid trucks, Oh, btw if you are reading this in 2023, the Tesla Truck turns out to be a fucking disaster and this is a message from the future.>> <<@peteholliday1927 says : Just like the Cyber truck pulling Porsche beating a Porsche over the 1/4mile ….when it’s turns out to be 1/8 of a mile …….fraud fraud>> <<@miscamisca6775 says : Another 3 years have passed, I do not see them roaming all over the place>> <<@kevinkorenke3569 says : So are you telling me that the man who promised the world and delivered nothing for decades, the man who isn’t an engineer, a programmer, a gamer, a visionary, or anything else that he claims to be was a little more than a confidence, man and a salesman for this project? I retired my shocked face for any time Elon Musk disappoints in deliveries long time ago.>> <<@not_a_cool_handle says : it's 2026, it's coming! it's coming! lol>> <<@MrKDreams says : The final specs were just released as the truck is finally entering mass production now that the factory had built out from the ground up. Needless to say TF was way way way off claming only 5 tons of capacity which would be an obvious uneconomical non starter. The 325 mile version tractor weighs under 20,000 lbs which when you factor in the 2,000lb extra capacity allocated for EV trucks means it has weight parity with a diesel truck. With a typical 5 ton trailer you have have 52,000lbs or 25.5 tons of cargo available not the 5 tons like TF claims. This is on par with a typical diesel rig. If you step up to the 500 mile range version you give up about 1.5 tons of cargo in weight penalty. However consider that energy costs for operating a diesel rig vs electric is about 1/3 to 1/5. The cost is also very comparable to a diesel rig. Outside of the 20% of trucking which is long haul trucking, where the charging infrastructure is still yet to built out, this seems like a no brainer any company buying new trucks.>> <<@nickolayraikov6900 says : Lets say 40 tons is not a capacity but more like a legal limit...>> <<@johnniejackson9794 says : "It beats rail" ? Or is that what he's sniffing>> <<@wtmayhew says : As of Jan. 4, 2026 Google estimates Tesla has orders for 200 of the semi. I could only confirm 37 actually in use - 36 to PepsiCo and 1 to DHL (who had ordered 10). The semis are produced in Nevada and according to Tesla, production is delayed into 2026. Hint, it is now 2026. We’re pretty far from the 50K units/year Tesla said it would produce. One bright spot - DHL put out a press release Dec. 4, 2025 in which they praised the Tesla electric semi performance. Meanwhile Schneider has been operating an intermodal freight relay terminal in California with a fleet of several dozen Freightliner electric semi trucks. Tesla has some catching up to do. You might say the train is leaving the station.>> <<@FizzleFX says : 3:50 built around the driver: 1 place to put a jacket. no place for a backpack. nothing if you have an undercoat. And drivers of this Truck said it sucks that the driver is centred since you can't use a toll booth easily. To get out, you don't just open the door but get up, around the seat, and then you can get out of the back, dragging so much mud in there back and forth. It has no bed. No toilet. No nothing for long rides.>> <<@arconnelly5365 says : He better stay away from the RV market, otherwise there will be a riot.>> <<@SahnigReingeloetet says : Yes, electric trucks are feasable and already in use. Yes, they have downsides that boil down to more than upfront cost and range, maximum load capacity is probably the biggest downside, but infrastructure dependence is also worth to mention. However, they make up their higher cost in severely reduced operating costs. And in applications where you‘re not driving through the middle of nowhere or need to haul a literal possible maximum of load capacity, they are a great option. I see them all the time in Europe. HOWEVER, the Tesla Semi feels like it was a Tesla first and Semi second, which is a terrible idea. Just look at all the offerings from Volvo, Mercedes and MAN. I feel like that‘s the main issue with Tesla, the engineering is rock solid, but EVERYTHING ELSE is extremely lackluster. All the way from design, fit and finish, even product design.>> <<@PeterWilliamson-e9w says : The stupidest ugliest, most impractical monstrosity Ive ever seen, I'd bet a million dollars it was never thoroughly tested in Alaska in winter or Arizona in summer, to think of all the better ways of spending taxpayers money. I was a truck driver, I would love to test one to prove my point, but then it doesn't need drivers or steering wheels because of the self driving mode right? At least this guy presented a product unlike the other con artist who pushed one around on stage with no battery or power source.>> <<@PeterWilliamson-e9w says : Batteries don't work in the cold unfortunately the world doesn't share the climate of California.>> <<@BigDProductions-h2c says : 1:46 so a check engine light?>> <<@icehelion9788 says : E Trucks are possible and they are great but tesla (or Musk) just messed up>> <<@mijmijrm says : This is what happens when a comic book imagination runs an engineering company.>> <<@Traintoytrain says : Suspect theres no significant semi orders>> <<@stevenpowell1739 says : What is the answer to getting diesel trucks off the road - rail is limited by track..>> <<@AS-tx9zh says : And, where is the Semi now?>> <<@jimhubbard3567 says : Just ask PepsiCo they actually have like 10 to 30 if they will tell you what weight they pull>> <<@jebise1126 says : so... i dont even hear about these any more now. were they silently canceled?>> <<@donwald3436 says : If a FElon Semi can carry less cargo, you can make up for it by running 100x of them in a convoy! lol>> <<@FizzleFX says : 15:30 so this is what a FULL SELF DRIVING Semi looks like.... - with the driver having both hands at the wheel AT ALL TIMES... - very impressive technology, pal.>> <<@Billblom says : And along with that they delivered a Megacharger to Pepsico, who is using the semi to move potato chips around. There are now 2 other folk that have E trucks..All 3 have odd behaviors at times...>> <<@Billblom says : 2025--- Finally delivered a truck to Pepsi>> <<@volkerbaumann1592 says : 😂>> <<@Vortex51x says : Hilarious, 2 years later and we still dont have àny new data on this magical truck. Also it went from 4 motors to 3 for some reason.>> <<@jorgegalindo658 says : Tesla elion master of renders>> <<@ActrosTech says : 14:30 - "Something that we can do now (2017)" Even Scania's latest generation that came out in like 2016 already had ability to not just roll without driver's input, but also control the speed & distance between them and any other unit ahead of them. If Scania manage to make diesel-electric units - Tesla's semi will be even more of a joke, because D-E units are technology of 50s-60s, yet they could be more reliable than even regular diesels at our current days.>> <<@Deuxiit says : so tesla took the money from companies, didnt deliver the products and kept the trucks build for themself for own use. Lets see how the taxi stuff will go. They will deliver in 2035 but colllect money for 10years from people who are bad with money.>> <<@katepro5451 says : if the audience wasnt completely braindead they would all react with laughter when this noob said this shit can beat the train. Complete absence of intelligence>> <<@steven8388-f2k says : Musk is a total twit. He has clever people who work for him BUT HE IS NONSENCE. DO NOT SUPPORT tesla and the musk destruction of America.>> <<@Kazilikaya says : EVs cannot compete with diesel for efficiency when it comes to heavy loads over long distances.>> <<@FizzleFX says : Bragging about the nature of electric drives. So dumb. Yes they accelerate quick. Now tell us something new? Oh. You cant. Right.>> <<@KillaManReaper2 says : You know what's crazy, now tesla isn't the only electric semi option out there and me personally, I think the others are a way better sell then tesla's simply because they are the same design as the normal diesel versions but with an electric motor.>> <<@anzaca1 says : 23:10 Like how until Nikola Tesla worked out AC, Edison was proposing running DC lines across the country, requiring a power station every 30-40 miles.>> <<@anzaca1 says : 19:47 "...mega-kickass..." Honestly, you'd struggle to find a 10-year old boy that talks like this. These are supposed to be serious adults.>> <<@anzaca1 says : 11:16 This is presumably supposed to be a mature, serious presentation...and they use the abreviation "BAMF"?>> <<@anzaca1 says : 5:32 Production BEGINS in 2019. That means expected delivery would likely be 2020.>> <<@anzaca1 says : Tesla still hasn't published payload capacity figures for the Semi.>> <<@Clay-z4h says : More Tesla cyber trash 🗑>>